My sister’s son is a couple of months older than my daughter. He’s always been slightly off.
But over the past year or so he has become overtly threatening toward her, with crude comments that make her very uncomfortable and sexualized social media posts about her. I’ve had very strong words with my sister about this behavior and have made it clear that I will not have my child in the same room as hers, which, quite naturally, has caused a massive feud that is spilling over into our entire family. My parents are up in arms, everyone is taking sides, and I am looking for a strategy for navigating all of this.
For now, when somebody raises the issue, I just share a screenshot of some of my nephew’s more troubling comments and say this is not something I am prepared to discuss. I’ve also advised my daughter to block her cousin on all social media and have built a large folder of his posts, which I am seriously considering passing on to the police. I just don’t see an option that isn’t nuclear.